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  • KMSCON Is Getting Ready To Kick The Kernel Console

    Phoronix: KMSCON Is Getting Ready To Kick The Kernel Console

    KMSCON is turning out to be a successful and interesting project with high ambitions of being the leading terminal emulator for Linux while running from user-space...

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  • #2
    Does KMSCON removes or replaces code in the kernel???? ie will it be merged in the kernel when ready?

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    • #3
      Will this merely make a Linux system into merely a smart terminal for say a mainframe or even a Unix/Linux host or is simply a userspace console replacement?

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      • #4
        Background

        It should get the GNOME background from gsettings:
        $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri
        'file:///home/alice/Firefox_wallpaper.png'

        Then it can have the same background on the terminal as on the GNOME desktop.
        Though, the background could get darken for the text to be more readable.

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        • #5
          Is the dependency on GTK or GNOME or what it was for Unicode gone?

          How much of VT-xxx does it support yet?

          Does it support the usage of a background wallpaper image? In PNG format?

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          • #6
            David also wrote the kernel hid wiimote driver, the bluez wiimote plugin, a userspace library for handling the wiimote evdev events, and xf86-input wiimote driver. Thanks David!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by roland View Post
              David also wrote the kernel hid wiimote driver, the bluez wiimote plugin, a userspace library for handling the wiimote evdev events, and xf86-input wiimote driver. Thanks David!
              Now if he could write one that uses an Android phone as a wiimote, car steering wheel and a joystick that would be awesome.
              It would need an Android app too. But would be pretty cool. Not sure if Android devices are good enough for that though.

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              • #8
                sounds like an exact thing i wanted since i heard about KMS ^_^
                design looks decent also, unlike Lennart's stuff.

                hope we'll see mplayer and others properly utilising KMS console instead of fbdev in near future

                Originally posted by uid313 View Post
                It should get the GNOME background from gsettings:
                $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri
                'file:///home/alice/Firefox_wallpaper.png'
                What The Fuck ? it's a system's terminal in userspace, why it would be even trying to integrate with any DE ?!

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                • #9
                  Any input on how to use this? How do I replace the default kernel's console?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by dfx. View Post
                    design looks decent also, unlike Lennart's stuff.
                    !
                    If his stuff are crap why its his code that is used the most and not the code of people that know better.

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